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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1"/><title>Strong's Greek: 1714. ἐμπρήθω (empréthó) -- To set on fire, to burn</title></title><link rel="canonical" href="http://biblehub.com/greek/1714.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/strongsnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/interlinear/vmenus/acts/21-26.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/bmstrongs/greek/1714.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's</a> > <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Greek</a> > 1714</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../greek/1713.htm" title="1713">◄</a> 1714. empréthó <a href="../greek/1715.htm" title="1715">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Strong's Lexicon</div><div align="left"><span class="toptitle2">empréthó: To set on fire, to burn</span></div><p><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="greek">ἐμπρήθω</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Verb<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>empréthó<br><span class="tophdg">Pronunciation: </span>em-pray'-tho<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(em-pray'-tho)<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>To set on fire, to burn<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>I burn, set on fire, suffer inflammation.<p><span class="tophdg">Word Origin: </span>From the Greek preposition "ἐν" (en, meaning "in") and the verb "πρήθω" (prēthō, meaning "to burn" or "to set on fire").<p><span class="tophdg">Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: </span>The Hebrew equivalent often associated with the concept of burning or setting on fire is "שָׂרַף" (saraph, Strong's Hebrew 8313), which means "to burn" or "to set on fire."<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>The verb "ἐμπρήθω" is used to describe the act of setting something on fire or causing it to burn. In the New Testament, it is often used metaphorically to describe the destructive power of the tongue or the spread of false teachings that can inflame passions and lead to division.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In the ancient world, fire was a powerful and often feared element, symbolizing both destruction and purification. The imagery of fire was commonly used in Jewish and Greco-Roman literature to convey the idea of judgment, purification, or the spread of ideas. In the context of the early Christian church, the metaphor of fire would resonate with believers as a warning against the destructive potential of unchecked speech and false doctrine.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>see <a href="/greek/1705b.htm">empiprémi</a>. <p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Thayer's Greek Lexicon</div><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 1714: ἐμπρήθω</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">ἐμπρήθω</span></span>: 1 aorist <span class="greek2">ἐνέπρησα</span>; from <span class="abbreviation">Homer</span> down; the <span class="manuref">Sept.</span> for <span class="hebrew">שָׂרַף</span> and <span class="hebrew">הִצִית</span>; <span class="accented">to burn; destroy by fire</span>: <span class="greek2">τήν</span> <span class="greek2">πόλιν</span>, <a href="/interlinear/matthew/22-7.htm">Matthew 22:7</a>.<FOOTNOTE:1> <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>burn up. <p>From <a href="/greek/1722.htm">en</a> and pretho (to blow a flame); to enkindle, i.e. Set on fire -- burn up. <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/1722.htm">en</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>εμπρήσαι εμπρήσατε εμπρήσεις εμπρήσομεν εμπρήσουσι εμπρήσουσιν ενέπρησαν ενέπρησε ενεπρησεν ενέπρησεν ἐνέπρησεν ενεπρήσθη ενεπρήσθησαν enepresen eneprēsen enépresen enéprēsen<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/matthew/22-7.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 22:7</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular">V-AIA-3S</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/22.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">πόλιν αὐτῶν <b>ἐνέπρησεν</b> </span><br><a href="/kjvs/matthew/22.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> murderers, and <span class="itali">burned up</span> their city.<br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/22-7.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> city of them <span class="itali">he burnt</span><p><b><a href="/greek/1714.htm">Strong's Greek 1714</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_1714.htm">1 Occurrence</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/enepre_sen_1714.htm">ἐνέπρησεν — 1 Occ.</a><br><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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